Thread: 1900's Escher's swaty & others catalog page.

At a certain time in history you could just order the Escher you like and get one or two!

Certainly a common hone in it's day if one considers the bargain price.

Originally Posted by Kingfish

Certainly a common hone in it's day if one considers the bargain price.

The swaty on the bottom is .60 or the Escher at .75, not quite todays prices for sure!

Another interesting aspect of this add is the swatyol ive seen that mention before on swaty instruction uses with water lather or swatyol!

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Very cool. I've been hoping to see a catalog photo of eschers for years. I forget who posted this price list originally and I have no idea what the date of publication was, but here is an old price list. What is interesting to me is the price differential between the colored eschers, with the y/g being far more expensive than the rest, and the "Barber's Delight" leading the pack.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Very cool. I've been hoping to see a catalog photo of eschers for years. I forget who posted this price list originally and I have no idea what the date of publication was, but here is an old price list. What is interesting to me is the price differential between the colored eschers, with the y/g being far more expensive than the rest, and the "Barber's Delight" leading the pack.

Ive seen this price list before as well, i think what interesting is that the price is per dozen!!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Very cool. I've been hoping to see a catalog photo of eschers for years. I forget who posted this price list originally and I have no idea what the date of publication was, but here is an old price list. What is interesting to me is the price differential between the colored eschers, with the y/g being far more expensive than the rest, and the "Barber's Delight" leading the pack.

Another i just realize about this chart is the difference between a 6" stone to a 10" stone is about 4 times more expensive.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I forget who posted this price list originally and I have no idea what the date of publication was, but here is an old price list.

It was I. It is from "Pike Sharpening Stones and Abrasive Specialties", catalogue No. 11 from 1918, page 67. On the top of the page (which also lists Belgian Razor Hones, = Coticules) it reads: "Importations Suspended during European War".

I found this today on the net from vancouver archieve in canada.
Funny enough, the picture of the genuine escher, imported driect from germany is a picture of a pike's belgian hone!

Originally Posted by Martin103

At a certain time in history you could just order the Escher you like and get one or two!

Yeah but you still had to pay postage.
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